A new Stanford University-led study(link is external) in Costa Rica reveals that restoring relatively narrow strips of riverfront forests could substantially improve regional water quality and carbon storage.
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Recycling Materials: Turning Old Batteries into New Ones
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is largely involved in a new battery recycling project.
Already Fewer Seeds and Fruits Under Mild Heat Conditions
“Better safe than sorry”: Plants anticipate potential heatwaves by already slowing down pollen development under mild heat conditions, concludes Stuart Jansma in his PhD research project.
New ice-shedding coating is 100x stronger than others
To combat the hazards of ice, a mechanical engineer has developed a sprayable ice-shedding material that is 100 times stronger than any others. It's been tested by Boeing under erosive rain conditions at 385 miles per hour and outperformed current state-of-the-art aerospace coating technologies.
In Australia, cockatoos and humans are in an arms race over garbage access
Residents of southern Sydney, Australia have been in a long-term battle over garbage -- humans want to throw it out, and cockatoos want to eat it. The sulphur-crested cockatoos that call the area home have a knack for getting into garbage bins, and people have been using inventive devices to...
Nanoplastics can move up the food chain from plants to insects and from insects to fish
A new study shows that lettuce can take up nanoplastics from the soil and transfer them into the food chain.
Five new embryos created after 10th oocyte collection in northern white rhinoceroses
Three years after starting its ambitious program to save the northern white rhino from extinction through advanced assisted reproduction technologies, the BioRescue consortium draws a positive interim conclusion: Following the 10th event of harvesting immature egg cells (oocytes) in the northern white rhino female Fatu, the international team produced five...
A Breakthrough Discovery in Carbon Capture Conversion for Ethylene Production
A team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
Slowing of Continental Plate Movement Controlled Timing of Earth’s Largest Volcanic Events
Scientists have shed new light on the timing and likely cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years ago and caused such climatic and biological upheaval that they drove some of the most devastating extinction events in Earth’s history.
7 Takeaways About Flooding, Infrastructure and Climate Change
Extreme storms and intense floods have disrupted communities across the country this summer.